On July 5, at the 2nd meeting of the 2022 G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG), held in Indonesia, Korea will share cases, including public participation in anti-corruption policy and an anti-corruption education for youth, with the international community.

Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC, Chairperson Jeon Hyun Heui) will participate in the 2nd meeting of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group, held from July 5 to 8, to present best practices of Anti-Corruption Policy and Public Participation and introduce an education program for the youth of the Anti-Corruption Training Institute.

The G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group Meeting has been an annual meeting for international cooperation on anti-corruption since 2010.

Participants of the meeting are as follows: Indonesia, the G20 2022 Presidency, government representatives of member countries, including Australia, UNODC, OECD, and delegations of international organizations for anti-corruption.

Following the first meeting in March, the second meeting will be the place for sharing best practices of the anti-corruption policy of member countries and discussing writing the 2022 implementation report and casebook and implementing anti-corruption principles.

At the request of the organizer, on the first day of the workshop, the Korean government delegation will introduce the governance organization with public participation and the legislation of the Act on the Prevention of Conflict of Interest Related to Duties of Public Servants under the theme of “Anti-Corruption Policy and Public Participation.”

Furthermore, the delegation will introduce an education program for youth run by the Anti-Corruption Training Institute under the ACRC in an effort to raise awareness of anti-corruption among youth.

ACRC Assistant Chairperson of Planning and Coordination Office Lim Yoon-Ju said, “Public participation and raising awareness of anti-corruption among youth, in particular, are imperative in terms of efficiently preventing and responding to corruption.”

He added that through this meeting, Korea will proactively share cases of anti-corruption public participation and education with the international community and strengthen mutual cooperation.